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. >> woodruff: then, margaret warner reports on the pentagon's moves to deal with the growing outrage over sexual assaults in the military-- a problem the secretary of defense said today he will do everything necessary to fix. >> brn: mk shields and dad brooks analyze the week's news. plus, a special report with our own macneil and lehrer on covering the watergate hearings. >> good evening from washington. in a few moments, we're going to bring you the entire proceedings in the first day of the senate watergate hearings. >> we are running it all each day because we think these hearings are important. we are doing this as an experiment to give you the whole story, however many hours it may take. >> woodruff: 40 years after the scandal that brought down an american president. robert macneil and jim lehrer rlect owateate's legacy and the gavel-to-gavel coverage that gave rise to the program you're watching tonight. >> public television was doing something that commercial networks, for all their brilliance in news, wouldn't and couldn't do. >> that was before there were things like c-span
. >> woodruff: then, margaret warner reports on the pentagon's moves to deal with the growing outrage over sexual assaults in the military-- a problem the secretary of defense said today he will do everything necessary to fix. >> brn: mk shields and dad brooks analyze the week's news. plus, a special report with our own macneil and lehrer on covering the watergate hearings. >> good evening from washington. in a few moments, we're going to bring you the entire proceedings in...
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the pentagon gave a grim assessment of u.s. intervention options in syria, warning any military involvement would come at a great cost and risk. a new wave of street clashes in egypt killed at least nine people at a muslim brotherhood sit-in near the main campus of cairo university. and the world finally got its first glimpse of the new royal heir as prince william and his wife kate left a london hospital. >> brown: online, some advice on getting an edge in the job interview process. kwame holman has more. >> holman: in a tight job market, it's all about how you stand out to employers. in our "ask the headhunter" column today, find out how "talking shop" distinguishes you from other candidates. that and much more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, we'll have a newsmaker interview with senate majority leader harry reid. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. >> ma
the pentagon gave a grim assessment of u.s. intervention options in syria, warning any military involvement would come at a great cost and risk. a new wave of street clashes in egypt killed at least nine people at a muslim brotherhood sit-in near the main campus of cairo university. and the world finally got its first glimpse of the new royal heir as prince william and his wife kate left a london hospital. >> brown: online, some advice on getting an edge in the job interview process....
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the process was set in motion today at the pentagon. >> not everyone is going to be able to be a combat soldier. but everyone is entitled to a chance. >> brown: with that, defense secretary leon panetta-- joined by the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey-- announced he's ending a 1994 ban on women in combat roles. >> as secretary, when i've gone to bethesda to visit wounded warriors, when i've gone to arlington to bury our dead, there is no distinction that's made between the sacrifices of man and women in uniform. they serve, they're wounded and they die right next to each other. the time has come to recognize that reality. >> brown: nearly 300,000 women have deployed over the past 11 years in iraq and afghanistan, where the frontlines aren't so clearly drawn. and 152 have died there. today's decision opens up some 230,000 battlefront positions to women, many in army and marine infantry units. commanders will have to decide whether women will be eligible for elite forces, such as the navy seals and the army's delta force. >> let me be clear-- we're not talking ab
the process was set in motion today at the pentagon. >> not everyone is going to be able to be a combat soldier. but everyone is entitled to a chance. >> brown: with that, defense secretary leon panetta-- joined by the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey-- announced he's ending a 1994 ban on women in combat roles. >> as secretary, when i've gone to bethesda to visit wounded warriors, when i've gone to arlington to bury our dead, there is no distinction...
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and the issue is not whether or not the advocates in the state department or the pentagon are there. i think at some point the united states government and the white house have to make a decision that syria is an actual danger to america's national scurity interests. it is not somethinwe can wash our hands from. and there are serious dangers and implications to the united states and the president actually to ask its national security team for realistic options that then he request gather his team and debate and decide about. there hasn't, i think, been a serious debate even within the united states government as to what might be our three top options what are the costs and benefits of each. and if we were to pursue one of them, how would we do it. >> is there a legitimate argument that this destabilizes turkey so degree, an important country to the united states, and a nato ally, andrew. >> absolutely. thousands of syrians go over the border into turkey every day. and it's very easy for pkk fighters, kurdish fighters to meld into those refugees, to go across the border and carry out
and the issue is not whether or not the advocates in the state department or the pentagon are there. i think at some point the united states government and the white house have to make a decision that syria is an actual danger to america's national scurity interests. it is not somethinwe can wash our hands from. and there are serious dangers and implications to the united states and the president actually to ask its national security team for realistic options that then he request gather his...
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go talk to the pentagon." retired brigadier general wilma vaught says the defense bill president obama signed in january which addresses sexual assault will hold commanders responsible. >> vaught: i think those steps will be very helpful, because we put on record when someone's been charged, and it won't be forgotten. there's going to be a record, that even though they escaped it the first time, the second time it comes, you're going to dig into it to see what the truth really is. >> some 26,000 service men and women were victims of sexual assault last year. both sanchez and vaught say alcohol is often the culprit. >> congresswoman norton, are targets of sexual assault in the military, men and women, abusing alcohol and getting themselves in trouble? >> bonnie, as long as a woman or man is able to say "no," the cause of sexual assault always belongs with the perpetrator. >> of course in the military or civilian population one sexual assault is one sexual assault too many. this is a shadow on our military. >> t
go talk to the pentagon." retired brigadier general wilma vaught says the defense bill president obama signed in january which addresses sexual assault will hold commanders responsible. >> vaught: i think those steps will be very helpful, because we put on record when someone's been charged, and it won't be forgotten. there's going to be a record, that even though they escaped it the first time, the second time it comes, you're going to dig into it to see what the truth really is....
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and pentagon officials announced new initiatives to address sexual assault cases in the military. brown: onlia kwame holman has the details. >> holman: in a neighborhood in tanzania, one woman sells heroin to her neighbors. another provides clean needles. is the joint effort helping to reduce h.i.v. and tuberculosis? or just increasing drug abuse? read about the controversial harm reduction approach in our special report: "the street of blood and smoke." and economics correspondent paul solman responds to recent criticism of analysis given on these airwaves. read his defense on making sense all that and more is on our website newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks, among others. thanks for joining us. good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for pu
and pentagon officials announced new initiatives to address sexual assault cases in the military. brown: onlia kwame holman has the details. >> holman: in a neighborhood in tanzania, one woman sells heroin to her neighbors. another provides clean needles. is the joint effort helping to reduce h.i.v. and tuberculosis? or just increasing drug abuse? read about the controversial harm reduction approach in our special report: "the street of blood and smoke." and economics...
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mark, you've seen the pentagon's self-reporting on this. does that 26,000 unreported assaults a year look like a solid number? where does it come from? >> it's an extrapolated number from anonymous phone surveys done by the pentagon of military people so it's sort of squishy to begin with. what's particularly striking about the number, of course, is from 2010 to twelve that number grew by 35% whereas the hard number, the number of cases actually brought forward by people complaining about sexual assaults in the military only went up by roughly 6% from 3,200 to 3,400. so even though they are getting more reports those that are unreported are going up even faster. >> suarez: a number of unreported cases nine times larger than the number of reported cases, is that bigger than the service chiefs realized? >> i think it's bigger than what you see in the civilian world where the proportion of reported is an order or two bigger than what you see in the military. but this is not a new problem. this is a long standing problem. i was on this show 16
mark, you've seen the pentagon's self-reporting on this. does that 26,000 unreported assaults a year look like a solid number? where does it come from? >> it's an extrapolated number from anonymous phone surveys done by the pentagon of military people so it's sort of squishy to begin with. what's particularly striking about the number, of course, is from 2010 to twelve that number grew by 35% whereas the hard number, the number of cases actually brought forward by people complaining about...
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a pentagon study in may found that an estimated 26,000 troops said they were sexually assaulted last year, but only 3,400 attacks were reported. at a june hearing, democratic senator kirsten gillibrand of new york argued victims have little reason to expect fair treatment. >> not all commanders are objective. not every single commander necessarily wants women in the force; not every single commander believes what a sexual assault is; not every single single commander can distinguish between a slap on the ass and a rape because they merge all of these crimes together. >> brown: gillibrand, and her 46 legislative co-sponsors in the senate want sexual assault cases handled entirely outside the chain of command. the senate armed services committee has rejected that approach, in favor of one offered its chairman, carl levin of michigan. it keeps prosecutions within the chain of command. today, the director of the joint staff, lieutenant general curtis scaparrotti, said there's ample opportunity for victims to be heard. >> our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines know that today there's a
a pentagon study in may found that an estimated 26,000 troops said they were sexually assaulted last year, but only 3,400 attacks were reported. at a june hearing, democratic senator kirsten gillibrand of new york argued victims have little reason to expect fair treatment. >> not all commanders are objective. not every single commander necessarily wants women in the force; not every single commander believes what a sexual assault is; not every single single commander can distinguish...
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>> well, i think he -- the pentagon scrambling to figure out how it should respond. they're realizing this is a systemic problem not an isolated case-by-case that they have a real difficulty here in prosecuting, identifying sexual assault cases, handling victims, 18 people feel comfortable with reporting these sort of crimes so what he did last night is he announced that the pentagon is going to retrain, rescreen, recredential all 9,000 sexual assault prevention officers in the military as well as 20,000 recruiters. and i think the attempt to s to make sure no other people with problematic backgrounds are in those jobs. >> warner: you reported that military recruiters there have been problems involving them and very young women. >> there was a case in maryland where an army recruiter was involved in a murder/suicide with a young woman. he was recruiting her for the army. there was a case in alaska just this month where someone was found guilty in a marine -- and the marine jury gave him no jail time and the pentagon doesn't track these cases in terms of statistics so
>> well, i think he -- the pentagon scrambling to figure out how it should respond. they're realizing this is a systemic problem not an isolated case-by-case that they have a real difficulty here in prosecuting, identifying sexual assault cases, handling victims, 18 people feel comfortable with reporting these sort of crimes so what he did last night is he announced that the pentagon is going to retrain, rescreen, recredential all 9,000 sexual assault prevention officers in the military...
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and the pentagon have both had programs yemen. so there's been a certain redundancy in these operations and what we've -- what we heard both the president say yesterday and other aides to the president talk about on background was this need to sort of shift more of the resources to the pentagon. although it should be pointed out that the c.i.a.'s not entirely giving up its part or its aspect of the drone program. >> brown: so what would this mean for the c.i.a. in terms of how hard it would be to transition back to more of an intelligence-gathering from what i gather has really develope into re of pamilary service. >> right. so for nearly 12 years, the c.i.a. has been in many ways almost singularly focused on counterterrorism capturing, killing, interrogating. and these are very paramilitary functions that the c.i.a. has been deeply involved in. this is maybe just the beginning of a shift back towards more traditional espionage operations and also the strategic analysis that the c.i.a. has done in the past. now, as i write about i
and the pentagon have both had programs yemen. so there's been a certain redundancy in these operations and what we've -- what we heard both the president say yesterday and other aides to the president talk about on background was this need to sort of shift more of the resources to the pentagon. although it should be pointed out that the c.i.a.'s not entirely giving up its part or its aspect of the drone program. >> brown: so what would this mean for the c.i.a. in terms of how hard it...
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and so just because it's in the pentagon's hand doesn't make it necessarily more transparent or even necessarily more accountable. so, again, just by saying that there's going to be a shift, there's going to have to be more details about what the future is and i thought it was interesting that actually in his speech yesterday president obama didn't even actually mention the c.i.a. once, which does sort of indicate that this transparency only goes so far. >> brown: and how much can you tell at this point about reaction to all this from the c.i.a.? >> well, it's hard to tell. you know, there's certainly constituencies within the c.i.a. that would want to -- would have held on to the bulk of joint operations, the counterterrorism center as i write about has really dramatically expanded since 9/11 and sort of become the beating heart of the c.i.a.. if the drone strikes leave the counterterrorism center and go to the military then the counterterrism center may find itselhaving less pwer witin the agency. that being said, john brennan, the new c.i.a. director, has indicated that he wants t
and so just because it's in the pentagon's hand doesn't make it necessarily more transparent or even necessarily more accountable. so, again, just by saying that there's going to be a shift, there's going to have to be more details about what the future is and i thought it was interesting that actually in his speech yesterday president obama didn't even actually mention the c.i.a. once, which does sort of indicate that this transparency only goes so far. >> brown: and how much can you...
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the newspaper cited confidential pentagon findings. and the founder of liberty reserve, an online currency transfer business, was indicted in new york on charges of laundering $6 billion worldwide. >> brown: online, is an advanced degree the ticket to a better job? hari sreenivasan tells us more. >> sreenivasan: in today's "ask the headhunter" column, before spending time and money on a graduate degree, ask yourself and your employer, what is it worth to the business? the answer may surprise you. tonight's edition of "frontline" explores the journey of an alleged rape victim through pakistan's justice system. find a link to "outlawed in pakistan" on our web site. and chat with judy woodruff; she'll be taking your questions at 1:30 p.m. eastern time tomorrow. tweet them to us at newshour. find details on our homepage. all that and more is at www.newshour.pbs.org. >> ifill: and an editor's note before we go. in our last honor roll of american service personnel killed in the afghanistan conflict, we aired the wrong picture for sergeant fi
the newspaper cited confidential pentagon findings. and the founder of liberty reserve, an online currency transfer business, was indicted in new york on charges of laundering $6 billion worldwide. >> brown: online, is an advanced degree the ticket to a better job? hari sreenivasan tells us more. >> sreenivasan: in today's "ask the headhunter" column, before spending time and money on a graduate degree, ask yourself and your employer, what is it worth to the business? the...
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in the past two days, the pentagon has also sent guided missile destroyers to the western pacific. >> ifill: for more on the escalating border tensions, we turn to former ambassador jack pritchard, who has been involved with korean peace negotiations for both presidents george w. bush and bill clinton. welcome. >> thanks veryuch. >> ifill: is the pressure shifting from military to economic now? >> not as much. but this is an unsettling development when you think about how important the kaesong industrial complex is to the north koreans. it's a source of hard currency for them and so shooting themselves in the foot for a longer period of time means they're going to be missing out on the kind of golden goose here. >> ifill: we saw south korean business people saying it could be a bad effect for them as well because of the supply chain that feeds kaesong. >> to put in the context, kaesong industrial complex produces about $500 million of merchandise each year: watches, shoes, clothes, things of that nature. it's a drop in the bucket when you take a look at the overall south korean econom
in the past two days, the pentagon has also sent guided missile destroyers to the western pacific. >> ifill: for more on the escalating border tensions, we turn to former ambassador jack pritchard, who has been involved with korean peace negotiations for both presidents george w. bush and bill clinton. welcome. >> thanks veryuch. >> ifill: is the pressure shifting from military to economic now? >> not as much. but this is an unsettling development when you think about...
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many as 26,000 members of the military were sexually assaulted last year, that estimate from a new pentagon study released today. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, we examine the growing scandal, a problem president obama said he wouldn't tolerate. >> brown: then, as south korea's new leader visits the white house, we assess continuing tensions on the korean peninsula. >> suarez: spencer michels visits san francisco's
many as 26,000 members of the military were sexually assaulted last year, that estimate from a new pentagon study released today. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, we examine the growing scandal, a problem president obama said he wouldn't tolerate. >> brown: then, as south korea's new leader visits the white house, we assess continuing tensions on the korean peninsula. >> suarez: spencer michels visits san francisco's
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inside the pentagon they are consumed right now with the sequester. the looming $500 billion and budget cuts. they don't need this monkey wrench thrown into the works. hagel has support in the pentagon but there's leeriness, he didn't do very well in his confirmation hearing and there is blood in the water and the they're moving inÑi for the kil. basically i think what's happening and what happened today is the sense that this is another ten days forrips, drips, drips that could send his nomination into a tail spin. but basically the military's professional. ash carter, the deputy, is a great guy. secretary panetta, who spent time this afternoon at section 60 of arlington national cemetery, was hoping to say good-bye to some ofxd the young men and women who died in afghanistan and iraq and then those monterey for keeps will be coming back and going to brussels next week. >> warner: for the nato ministers meeting. you said there was some leeriness in the pentagon aboutó hagel and what kind of a defense secretary he is. based on what? >> based on the
inside the pentagon they are consumed right now with the sequester. the looming $500 billion and budget cuts. they don't need this monkey wrench thrown into the works. hagel has support in the pentagon but there's leeriness, he didn't do very well in his confirmation hearing and there is blood in the water and the they're moving inÑi for the kil. basically i think what's happening and what happened today is the sense that this is another ten days forrips, drips, drips that could send his...
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. >> i'm still getting recommendations from the pentagon and our commanders on the ground in terms of what that would look like. and when we have more information about that, i will be describing that to the american people. >> woodruff: in november, the u.s. and afghanistan started negotiations on a so-called "bilateral security aeement" to govern any future american military role. u.s. officials have insisted that any troops who do stay must have legal protection, as the president said again today. >> we have arrangements like this with countries all around the world, and nowhere do we have any kind of security agreement with a country without immunity for our troops. >> woodruff: in turn, karzai said now that the transition is being expedited, the immunity question may no longer be a sticking point. >> i can go to the afghan people and argue for immunity for u.s. troops in afghanistan in a way that afghan sovereignty will not be compromised, in a way that afghan law will not be compromised. >> woodruff: back in kabul, the questions of whether u.s. troops remain, and how many and un
. >> i'm still getting recommendations from the pentagon and our commanders on the ground in terms of what that would look like. and when we have more information about that, i will be describing that to the american people. >> woodruff: in november, the u.s. and afghanistan started negotiations on a so-called "bilateral security aeement" to govern any future american military role. u.s. officials have insisted that any troops who do stay must have legal protection, as the...
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and i think what we've learned is that the pentagon initially after reports came into washington that the consulate had been attacked the -- they thought it was over. they thought it was an attack that occurred and then there was no reason to suspect that there would be a second wave which 40 cured hours later at the annex which is the c.i.a. facility. >> woodruff: so finally, adam, what about this -- the allegation that mr. hicks made that what really emerged from that hearing yesterday, which is that the obama administration, secretary clinton have not been as forthcoming as they should have been? that information -- investigators did not have access to the people and the information they needed to get to the bottom of this. >> well, i mean, that is an accusation we've also heard from many republicans and some democrats in congress who were concerned that information was not being shared quickly enough. in the immediate rung up to the u.s. elections last year it was a very sensitive issue. the state department provided a lot of documentation to congressional investigators. there was
and i think what we've learned is that the pentagon initially after reports came into washington that the consulate had been attacked the -- they thought it was over. they thought it was an attack that occurred and then there was no reason to suspect that there would be a second wave which 40 cured hours later at the annex which is the c.i.a. facility. >> woodruff: so finally, adam, what about this -- the allegation that mr. hicks made that what really emerged from that hearing yesterday,...
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the president also met with pentagon leaders and said they're ashamed at the military's failure to stop sexual assault in the ranks. and the town of granbury, texas, picked up the pieces after a night of tornadoes that leveled homes and killed six people. >> brown: and online today: for astronauts, returning to earth is more complicated than just making a safe landing. kwame holman explains. >> holman: canadian astronaut chris hadfield recently returned from a four-month stay at the international space station. on the rundown, we examine how his body changed in space and the challenges of reacclimating to life on earth. and on art beat, a look at life on the streets of the windy city, ray suarez talks with photographer jon lowenstein who turned his lens on chicago's south side, to document the ongoing violence in a project called "chicago's bloody year." all that and more is on our website newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on friday robert macneil and jim lehrer look back 40 years to the story that brought them together in our special report, "cove
the president also met with pentagon leaders and said they're ashamed at the military's failure to stop sexual assault in the ranks. and the town of granbury, texas, picked up the pieces after a night of tornadoes that leveled homes and killed six people. >> brown: and online today: for astronauts, returning to earth is more complicated than just making a safe landing. kwame holman explains. >> holman: canadian astronaut chris hadfield recently returned from a four-month stay at the...
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among other things, he is likely to face questions about the pentagon's looming budget crisis. automatic spending cuts set to take effect march 1 mean the defense department will have to find $52 billion in savings this year and half a trillion dollars over the next decade. newshour correspondent kwame holman reports. >> holman: outgoing defense secretary leon panetta recently sounded the alarm at the prospect of looming budget cuts. >> the most immediate threat to our ability to achieve our mission is fiscal uncertainty. >> holman: that damage could be felt soon. thousands of the pentagon's civilian employees will face furloughs and reduced paychecks as early as apri according to deputy secretary of defense ashton carter. >> so if the new secretary is confirmed by march 1, the first fight, before he even finds the men's room at the pentagon, is going to be, how do i negotiate with the congress on behalf of my interests in the bigger context of the budget? >> holman: gordon adams was the top white house budget official for national security during the clinton administration, an
among other things, he is likely to face questions about the pentagon's looming budget crisis. automatic spending cuts set to take effect march 1 mean the defense department will have to find $52 billion in savings this year and half a trillion dollars over the next decade. newshour correspondent kwame holman reports. >> holman: outgoing defense secretary leon panetta recently sounded the alarm at the prospect of looming budget cuts. >> the most immediate threat to our ability to...
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but we have had two great managers, o bob gates and leon panetta, managing the pentagon. this will be a time to require incredible management skills because it means reducing the pentagon budget while cutting things that should be cut and not being outfoxed by all the people who are going to want to keep programs on the hill and within the building. >> woodruff: how do you explain the big campaign against him and the second in a row after susan rice? >> well, part of the realism is less of a more of an idea logical commitment to israel and more of an effort to rebalance our position in the middle eastment i think there is some genuine element to that. i dohink he is part of that he has been part of some organizations that have run articles, you know, about the israel lobby that have talked about an apartheid israel. so he has been associated with some people who said some reasonably inflammable things. that's not to say he believes all that i think that is at the heart of all this i do think it will be hard to get him confirmed because the republicans including graham are
but we have had two great managers, o bob gates and leon panetta, managing the pentagon. this will be a time to require incredible management skills because it means reducing the pentagon budget while cutting things that should be cut and not being outfoxed by all the people who are going to want to keep programs on the hill and within the building. >> woodruff: how do you explain the big campaign against him and the second in a row after susan rice? >> well, part of the realism is...
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that's after the pentagon inspector general cleared allen of any wrongdoing in e-mail exchanges with a tampa, florida woman. allen steps down as overall coalition commander in afghanistan next month. the air force's top general vowed today to put an end to sexual misconduct within the service. figures for 2012 show some 800 reported incidents. many of the cases stemmed from a scandal at lackland air force base near san antonio. an investigation there found 32 instructors allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct with nearly 60 female service members. at a house hearing, the air force chief of staff general mark welsh called the numbers appalling. >> there is no way we can allow this to happen again. the air force goal for sexual assault is not simply to lower the number. the goal is zero. it's the only acceptable objective. the impact on every victim, their family, their friends, the other people in their unit is heartwrenching. and attacking this cancer is a full-time job and we are giving it our full attention. so far, six training instructors from lackland have been convicted on char
that's after the pentagon inspector general cleared allen of any wrongdoing in e-mail exchanges with a tampa, florida woman. allen steps down as overall coalition commander in afghanistan next month. the air force's top general vowed today to put an end to sexual misconduct within the service. figures for 2012 show some 800 reported incidents. many of the cases stemmed from a scandal at lackland air force base near san antonio. an investigation there found 32 instructors allegedly engaged in...
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the warning was aimed at defense department workers at the pentagon and around the world. secretary panetta sent them a written message, as he left for a nato defense ministers meeting in brussels. in it, he said there are limited options for coping with the looming across-the-board cuts. and, he said: >> on our civilians it will be catastrophic. >> woodruff: within hours, top pentagon officials were out, saying employees could lose one day of work per week for 22 weeks. civilians will experience a 20 percent decrease in their pay between late april and september. as a result, many families will be forced to make difficult decisions on where their financi obligations lie. >> reporter: the furloughs could start in late april and save roughly $5 billion. uniformed personnel at war would be exempt, but in a letter to congress, panetta wrote that the spending cuts will slow training and the procurement of weapons. the result, he said, will be a hollow force. the nation's top military leader had said as much last week at a senate hearing on the automatic cuts. chair of the join
the warning was aimed at defense department workers at the pentagon and around the world. secretary panetta sent them a written message, as he left for a nato defense ministers meeting in brussels. in it, he said there are limited options for coping with the looming across-the-board cuts. and, he said: >> on our civilians it will be catastrophic. >> woodruff: within hours, top pentagon officials were out, saying employees could lose one day of work per week for 22 weeks. civilians...
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and then the rollback by the head of the director of national intelligence and the pentagon? >> well, based on the excerpt of the dia report, it seems that the defense intelligence community is saying its he reasonable to assume that north korea has overcome the major hurdles to miniaturizing a warhead so it can be place add top a missile. but we don't have evidence of that. we don't have direct evidence. and so i think the rollback, the pushback from secretary kerry and others today in seoul, we're saying not so fast. don't make people think this is a black and white issue. we're making asump shuns based on circumstantial evidence. we haven't yet seen it demonstrated. and we may not until they have that capability and they test it. so there is a reason to assume the worst. >> warner: general, one thing as jeff's piece made clear, that the u.s. and south korea are looking at very intently is whether south-- north korea launches a missile or missile test on or around next monday which is the founder's birthday. what are the possible ranges of responses from either south korea
and then the rollback by the head of the director of national intelligence and the pentagon? >> well, based on the excerpt of the dia report, it seems that the defense intelligence community is saying its he reasonable to assume that north korea has overcome the major hurdles to miniaturizing a warhead so it can be place add top a missile. but we don't have evidence of that. we don't have direct evidence. and so i think the rollback, the pushback from secretary kerry and others today in...
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we do have an opportunity to talk to several people within the pentagon and what we found we were very disappointed by was that theyeren'ttaking the steps that tyeally needed to take to address this problem. >> brown: is this for you an act of... is it journalism? is it art? i mean it's film making. how do you see what your doing? >> well, i guess i see myself as an artist. but as an artist i think you take on the greatest challenge you can. to put all these things together, the art, film making, journalism into one, i see it as an artistic enterprise but at the same time, of course, when you're dealing with this kind of subject, you have to be very journalistically precise which we were. but it's a challenge. i mean this film was being made actually for two audiences. one was for the film making audience. it's been very successful. it was nominated for academy award. it's won many audience awards but it was also made for policy makers in washington d.c. >> brown: you had them in mind absolutely. i remember cut by cut we'd be thinking, this will play to an audience but maybe in this ca
we do have an opportunity to talk to several people within the pentagon and what we found we were very disappointed by was that theyeren'ttaking the steps that tyeally needed to take to address this problem. >> brown: is this for you an act of... is it journalism? is it art? i mean it's film making. how do you see what your doing? >> well, i guess i see myself as an artist. but as an artist i think you take on the greatest challenge you can. to put all these things together, the...
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he succeeds leon panetta, who had served in the top pentagon job since july of 2011. white house officials conceded today it's unlikely the government will avoid those looming, automatic budget cuts. a spokesman said president obama will meet friday with congressional leaders, but there was no indication that any deal is in the works. tomorrow, senate democrats will try to bring up a stop-gap bill to delay the cuts, but republicans could block the measure. at the vatican, pope benedict the sixteenth gave an emotional farewell in his last general audience-- a day before his retirement becomes official. we have a report from james mates of "independent television news." >> reporter: a final ride on the popemobile into the crowds on st. peter's square. a last baby to kiss. there is no protocol on how to leave the office of pope because no living pope has done so for 600 years. but benedict xvi decided he was not going to go quietly. for ten days there have been rumors that he stood down not just because of ill health, but because of power struggles in the vatican. in his
he succeeds leon panetta, who had served in the top pentagon job since july of 2011. white house officials conceded today it's unlikely the government will avoid those looming, automatic budget cuts. a spokesman said president obama will meet friday with congressional leaders, but there was no indication that any deal is in the works. tomorrow, senate democrats will try to bring up a stop-gap bill to delay the cuts, but republicans could block the measure. at the vatican, pope benedict the...
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that is reflected in the moves that you've seen from the pentagon, etc. that said, we continue to make the case that it doesn't have to go this way. the d.p.r.k. could chose a different course and the >> brown: despite the calls to defuse hostilities, north korean state television again aired undated footage of mass rallies against the u.s. and south korea. marchers chanted anti-american slogans and carried banners reading "let's destroy our mortal enemy, the united states." >> woodruff: the heated rhetoric is being watched closely on a small south korean island two miles from the maritime border with north korea. it is from there that john irvine of "independent television news" reports. >> reporter: this remote south korean outpost in the yellow sea paid the price the last time thisonflict we beyond a slanging match. yeonpyeong island lies just off the north korean coast and two and a half years ago, it found itself in the cross-hairs of the rogue state. four people would be killed. in a single brazen daylight bombardment, the north koreans fired almost
that is reflected in the moves that you've seen from the pentagon, etc. that said, we continue to make the case that it doesn't have to go this way. the d.p.r.k. could chose a different course and the >> brown: despite the calls to defuse hostilities, north korean state television again aired undated footage of mass rallies against the u.s. and south korea. marchers chanted anti-american slogans and carried banners reading "let's destroy our mortal enemy, the united states."...
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a recent pentagon survey estimated 26,000 service members were victims of sexual crimes last year. only 3,400 of those assaults were actually reported to authorities. the latest case came yesterday. an army sergeant at the u.s. military academy at west point was charged with secretly vid- taping female cadets in the bathrooms and showers. no one disputes the gravity of the problem-- the military's top official, general martin dempsey, called it a crisis. but there are arguments on what to do: kwame holman reports on efforts to prosecute the crimes and keep the assaults from happening in the first place. >> reporter: at a naval base in washington, the emphasis is on prevention. senior officers participate in a training program. the 90-minute class is called "take the helm." the teachers-- some of the navy's most experienced instructors and lawyers-- show a movie depicting off-duty sailors. in one scene, they're drinking and partying carousing that could end with a sexual assault. >> not in my room >> reporter: in another, sailors on board ship engage in sexually suggestive behavior.
a recent pentagon survey estimated 26,000 service members were victims of sexual crimes last year. only 3,400 of those assaults were actually reported to authorities. the latest case came yesterday. an army sergeant at the u.s. military academy at west point was charged with secretly vid- taping female cadets in the bathrooms and showers. no one disputes the gravity of the problem-- the military's top official, general martin dempsey, called it a crisis. but there are arguments on what to do:...
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the pentagon has a different policy. what they say is that they've developed these force-feeding protocols from the federal bureau of prisons years ago when they were first confronted with the hunger strikes. so there are international human rights and medical organizations that say what the u.s. is doing downthere, feeding them twice a day with these tubes tethered up their nose, down the back of their throat and into their stomach, twice a day, there are organizations that say this is wrong, that they should be allowed to choose to starve to death if they want to. >> suarez: recently there was a raid in the prison itself. what were the conditions that prevailed in the so-called communal areas? what had the authorities at guantanamo allowed life to become for many of the detainees? >> this raid took place in the show case communal prison, camp 6. this was a place where... which was closest to a p.o.w. camp than anything that had ever existed at guantanamo. detainees lived in groups of 10, 12, maybe 18 at a time. they at
the pentagon has a different policy. what they say is that they've developed these force-feeding protocols from the federal bureau of prisons years ago when they were first confronted with the hunger strikes. so there are international human rights and medical organizations that say what the u.s. is doing downthere, feeding them twice a day with these tubes tethered up their nose, down the back of their throat and into their stomach, twice a day, there are organizations that say this is wrong,...
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the pentagon has completed that review. with me now is deputy secretary of defense ashton carter who led it. welcome to the program. >> good to be here suarez: before we talk dollars and cents earlier in the program we talkd about the closure of foreign missions, the evacuation of american personnel. we've been pounding... the united states has been pounding al qaeda in the arabian peninsula from the air for years. how come they're still so able to launch attacks against american interests and assets. >> we have been pounding them for years. but we're taking the situation we face right now very seriously. you see that in the posture that we have. this problem of terrorism, you know, al qaeda and so forth, is something that is going to be part of our strategic future. that's one of the things we considered in the review. as long as there's human society. now there's always going to be the problem of the few against the many. so those of us who have the responsibility for security are always going to need to be concerned abou
the pentagon has completed that review. with me now is deputy secretary of defense ashton carter who led it. welcome to the program. >> good to be here suarez: before we talk dollars and cents earlier in the program we talkd about the closure of foreign missions, the evacuation of american personnel. we've been pounding... the united states has been pounding al qaeda in the arabian peninsula from the air for years. how come they're still so able to launch attacks against american...